{"id":16914,"date":"2020-06-18T08:59:43","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T15:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bruceclay.com\/blog\/?p=16914"},"modified":"2023-09-04T17:19:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T00:19:52","slug":"how-to-setup-a-basic-conversion-testing-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bruceclay.com\/blog\/how-to-setup-a-basic-conversion-testing-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Set Up a Basic Conversion Testing Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For many of us, conversion rate optimization (CRO) can seem like a complicated venture. Many people aren\u2019t even sure where to begin. Though each business might need to tailor the testing process to their company and website, the following is some basic insight into how to create a CRO strategy for your company.<\/p>\n
If you’d like to start with an overview of CRO, read A CMO’s Guide to Conversion Rate Optimization<\/a>.<\/p>\n The first step in any project is always research. For conversion testing, this includes things like:<\/p>\n <>Analytics Data Mining<\/p>\n Competitive Data Mining<\/strong><\/p>\n Establishing a Sales Funnel<\/strong><\/p>\n Determining Target Page and Testing Method<\/strong><\/p>\n In deciding your priority for testing, consider using the following order:<\/p>\n For A\/B Split Testing<\/strong><\/p>\n For Multivariate Testing<\/strong><\/p>\n We recommend using the Google Marketing Platform<\/a> (formerly known as Google Website Optimizer) to facilitate A\/B split and low-level multivariate testing. For multivariate tests on larger scale sites that will require an excess of 50,000 recipes, some of these options may be suitable solutions:<\/p>\n In my experience, Google is usually able to provide actionable results after approximately one month of testing. Results may come in more quickly for sites with larger volumes of traffic or may take longer for sites with smaller volumes of traffic.<\/p>\n Once you are satisfied that substantial results have been obtained, it’s time to generate a findings report.<\/p>\n The report should detail what was changed, how it was changed, why it was changed, and then deduce why the performance increase was achieved. Also, you should report on the estimated lifetime value of increased conversion rates based on the winning version.<\/p>\n Outlined below are a few steps that can be taken to quickly test navigation elements, should the need exist on a particular page:<\/p>\n Heat Mapping<\/strong><\/p>\n Flow Charts<\/strong><\/p>\n These can help to identify areas that are cumbersome within navigation:<\/p>\n Analytics<\/strong><\/p>\n Heuristic Evaluation<\/strong><\/p>\n For more information, check out this classic research article on how to conduct a heuristic evaluation<\/a>.<\/p>\n Happy testing, everyone!<\/p>\n\n
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